Reply #127: No, I noted his entire statement, including, "... no laws of physics were violated in bringing ... [View All]

[Jim__]

the universe into existence." If the laws of physics did not already exist, why does that matter? How could they have been violated when the universe was brought into existence if they didn't exist? The remainder of his statement does not state that the laws of physics came into existence concurrent with the universe.

The remainder of his statement also implies that the laws of physics were already in existence: The laws of physics themselves are shown to correspond to what one would expect if the universe appeared from nothing. Again, if they didn't exist at the time the universe came into existence, then they are irrelevant to the universe's coming into existence.